Two LGBTQ+ women in ‘grave danger’ after being arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan

Two LGBTQ+ women are said to be in “grave danger” after they were arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Maryam Ravish, 19, and Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, reportedly had plans to leave Kabul on a Mahan Airlines flight to Iran, with Maryam’s girlfriend Parwen Hussaini. 

The bookings had been arranged with the help of Roshaniya, an Afghan LGBTQ+ network. But before they had the chance to escape, Ravish and Pieescu were arrested by Taliban authorities.

According to the Peter Tatchell Foundation, which is working with Roshaniya to publicise the case, the lives of the LGBTQ+ activists are in “grave danger”. 

‘They are expected to be tortured’

Roshaniya chief executive Nemat Sadat said: “When Maryam and Maeve went to board the plane,

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